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The Lawnmower Man is a american film of genre Drama directed by Brett Leonard released in USA on 5 march 1992 with Jeff Fahey

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

The Lawnmower Man
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Released in USA 5 march 1992
Length 1h47
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Science fiction,    Thriller,    Action,    Horror
Rating54% 2.701462.701462.701462.701462.70146

The Lawnmower Man is a 1992 American science fiction action horror film directed by Brett Leonard and written by Brett Leonard and Gimel Everett. The film is named after a Stephen King short story of the same name, but aside from a single scene, the stories are unrelated. The film stars Jeff Fahey as Jobe Smith, a simple-minded gardener, and Pierce Brosnan as Dr. Lawrence Angelo, the scientist who decides to experiment on him.

The film was originally titled Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man, but King successfully sued the producers for attaching his name to the film and stated in court documents that the film "bore no meaningful resemblance" to his story. An earlier short film, also titled "The Lawnmower Man", is a more faithful adaptation of the short story. It was directed by Jim Gonis in 1987.

After the success of The Lawnmower Man, Leonard would later make another virtual reality film called Virtuosity starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in 1995.

Synopsis

Dr. Lawrence Angelo works for Virtual Space Industries, running experiments in increasing the intelligence of chimpanzees using drugs and virtual reality. One of the chimps escapes using the warfare tactics he was being trained for. Dr. Angelo is generally a pacifist, who would rather explore the intelligence-enhancing potential of his research without applying it for military purposes.

Actors

Jeff Fahey

(Jobe Smith)
Pierce Brosnan

(Dr. Lawrence Angelo)
Jenny Wright

(Marnie Burke)
Geoffrey Lewis

(Terry McKeen)
Jeremy Slate

(Father Francis McKeen)
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